Lou Reed‘s songwriting work for Pickwick Information within the mid-Sixties is being compiled right into a single album – discover out extra beneath.
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Earlier than founding The Velvet Underground, Reed labored as a songwriter for Pickwick Information. Now, the songs that he penned throughout his stint on the firm within the mid-Sixties have been compiled for a brand new album: ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Information 1964-65’.
The compilation album is due for launch on September 27 by way of Gentle within the Attic, in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive. Now you can pre-order the album in numerous packages.
As urged by the album’s title, ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Information 1964-65′ will comprise of the fabric that he had labored on between these two years. The album’s opening observe is The Primatives’ ‘The Ostrich’ that options Reed on lead vocals.
You possibly can hearken to it beneath.
The tracklist for ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Information 1964-65’ is:
Facet A
1. The Primitives – ‘The Ostrich’
2. The Beachnuts – ‘Cycle Annie’
3. The Hello-Lifes – ‘I’m Gonna Battle’
4. The Hello-Lifes – ‘Soul Metropolis’
5. Ronnie Dickerson – ‘Oh No Don’t Do It’
6. Ronnie Dickerson – ‘Love Can Make You Cry’
7. The Hollywoods – ‘Teardrop In The Sand’
8. The Roughnecks – ‘You’re Driving Me Insane’
Facet B
1. The Primitives – ‘Sneaky Pete’
2. Terry Philips – ‘Wild One’
3. Spongy And The Dolls – ‘Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually Love’
4. The Foxes – ‘Soul Metropolis’
5. The J Brothers – ‘Ya Working, However I’ll Getcha’
6. Beverley Ann – ‘We Bought Hassle’
7. The All Evening Staff – ‘Why Don’t You Smile’
8. Jeannie Larimore – ‘Johnny Received’t Surf No Extra’
Facet C
1. Robertha Williams – ‘Inform Mamma To not Cry’
2. Robertha Williams – ‘Possibly Tomorrow’
3. Terry Philips – ‘Flowers For The Woman’
4. Terry Philips – ‘This Rose’
Facet D
1. The Surfsiders – ‘Surfin’’
2. The Surfsiders – ‘Little Deuce Coupe’
3. The Beachnuts – ‘Unhappy, Lonely Orphan Boy’
4. The Beachnuts – ‘I’ve Bought a Tiger in My Tank’
5. Ronnie Dickerson – ‘What About Me’
Reed’s final solo album was ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’, and he later collaborated with Metallica on their 2011 joint full-length, ‘Lulu’. The divisive album garnered such sturdy reactions from listeners, that Reed as soon as expressed that Metallica followers “have threatened to shoot [him]” due to it.
Nonetheless, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has lately doubled down on the trouble, writing in a posthumously launched e book by Reed: “I can’t fairly determine it out, however years later, it’s aged extraordinarily nicely. It appears like a motherfucker nonetheless. So I can solely put the response all the way down to ignorance.”
Prior to now, Ulrich described his band’s expertise working with the Velvet Underground legend as constructive, sustaining that he “wouldn’t change a factor” about it.
